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Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter, students will be able to: 1.Explain why cultivating virtues and strengths leads to authentic happiness. 2.Identify the six core virtues and 24 character strengths from Seligman’s framework. 3.Analyze how virtues appear across cultures and history. 4.Reflect on their own signature strengths and ways to develop them. 5.Apply strengths and virtues to real-life situations to promote well-being.

Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter, students will be able to: ●Differentiate between pleasures (short-term bodily or sensory enjoyments) and gratifications (deep engagement in meaningful activities). ●Explain the concept of savoring as a way to intensify and extend present-moment happiness. ●Describe flow and its key features (absorption, balance of challenge and skill, loss of time awareness). ●Compare the psychological impact of pleasures, gratifications, and flow on l...

Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: ●Define learned optimism and explanatory style. ●Differentiate between optimistic and pessimistic explanatory styles across the three Ps: Permanence, Pervasiveness, and Personalization. ●Practice the ABCDE method to dispute pessimistic thoughts and build realistic optimism.

Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: ●Explain how our relationship with the past influences overall well-being. ●Describe and apply four key practices—gratitude, forgiveness, healthy pride, and positive reappraisal—to foster lasting satisfaction. ●Reflect on personal experiences and develop a plan to cultivate greater contentment with their own life stories.

Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter, students will be able to: ●Differentiate between pleasures (short-term sensory enjoyments) and gratifications (deep satisfactions that engage strengths). ●Explain how gratifications contribute more strongly to authentic happiness compared to pleasures. ●Identify their own signature strengths using personal reflection or strengths-based exercises. ●Analyze how using signature strengths in daily life promotes lasting well-being and resi...

Chapter 3 – Why Bother to Be Happy? (Based on Martin E. P. Seligman, Authentic Happiness, 2004) Key Idea Happiness gives meaning to everything else we do. If you study hard but never feel joy or pride, is success fulfilling? If you earn money but never experience gratitude or peace, is wealth satisfying? If you survive daily struggles but have no hope, is life truly lived? Seligman’s point is: Happiness is the fuel of life, not just the decoration.

Education

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